1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
As John starts with these two verses, and goes through the rest of this chapter, we are going to see more about how important love is in salvation and in knowing who God is. It starts of telling us to love one another and if we do we will be a part of God’s kingdom and will know God. God is all about love and for those who loveth not cannot know God and therefore cannot be a part of the kingdom of God. We can see God’ best example of love in giving His only begotten Son for our salvation. As we go through the rest of this chapter we see different aspects of God’s love.